Metro parks and natural areas

Whether you’re in the mood for a short hike or a weekend camping trip, a boat ride or a picnic, Metro has a destination for you. You’ll share the landscape with salmon swimming in restored streams, birds streaking across the sky and giant old oak trees towering overhead. Thanks to voters, you can explore 17,000 acres of parks, trails and natural areas across the Portland metropolitan region.

To find a park with your favorite activities, visit the interactive park finder, where you can watch videos, see photos and dig into maps that make it easy to explore.

Check out Parks and Nature News and subscribe to Our Big Backyard magazine for all the latest nature news and other regional highlights, including feature stories, field guides, Q&As, upcoming events, a photography contest and much more.

Metro is starting to explore the possibility of referring a third bond measure to voters, perhaps in 2019, that could support continued investments in protecting land, improving parks and natural areas and supporting community projects.

Whether your roots in the region run generations deep or you moved to Oregon last week, you have your own reasons for loving this place – and Metro wants to keep it that way. Help shape the future of the greater Portland region and discover tools, services and places that make life better today.